I spent four years at Samoset with a 26 foot searay bow rider. It was a good fit for Samoset. Pretty much the biggest you can have with 8.5 foot beam. Really if you go smaller you will move up eventually, so save the loss of a trade-in.
A lot of people had the 240 deckboat, it also was a good fit. I have not shopped for boats in a few years so I don't know if they still make similar models.
The unique combination of Samoset is mooring balls and waves from the broads. Samoset mooring balls demand an open bow, you really don't want to try and pick up one with a closed bow. When I was there the mooring had no painters.
But the big, broads waves suggest a closed bow. So a trade off needs to be made. I enjoy many more days of boating since leaving Samoset. Mooring in a breaking surf is not a fun end to a day of boating.
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